Tongue-supporter for vehicles



0. H EBERT. Tongue-Supporter for Vehicles.

Patented Jan.- 20, I880.

ATTORNEY- JLFETERS, PHUTO-UTMOGRAPHER WASHINGTON, D c,

, UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

OLIVER HEBERT, OF OSWEGO, ILLINOIS.

TONGUE-SUPPORTER FOR VEHICLES:

V SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 223,732, datedJanuary 20, 1880.

' Application filed July 2, 1879.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that 1, OLIVER HEBERT, of Oswego,in the county of Kendall and' State of Illinois, have invented a new andvaluable Improvement in Wagon-Tongue Supporters; and I do hereby declarethat the following is a full, clear, and exact description of theconstruction and operation of the same, reference being had to theannexed drawings, makinga partof this specification, and to the lettersand figures of reference marked thereon.

Figure 1 of the drawings isarepresentation of a longitudinal verticalsection of a tongue, showing my supporter. Fig. 2 is a top view of thesame; and Figs. 3, 4, and 5 are details.

This invention has for its object the improvement of wagon-tonguesupporters; and the nature of the invention consists in the combination,with a vehicle-tongue having vertical play with reference to the hounds,of a sliding supporting-bar suspended by an elastic bearing at or nearits middle portion from the pivot-bolt of the tongue, extending at itsrear end under the axle and straddling the king-bolt, and removablyattached to the tongue at its front end, as will be hereinafter morefully described.

In the accompanying drawings, the letter A designates the front axle; B,the bolster; a, the king-bolt extending through the same; 0, theWagon-hounds; D, the tongue, and D the ton goo-hounds fitting betweenthe wagonhounds and pivoted thereto by means of the usual bolt 0. Eindicates the supporting-bar, usually of wood, and having a straightupper edge, a, and an angular lower edge, I), to secure greaterrigidity. The supporting-bar has at its rear end a forked metallicplate, d, that straddles the king-bolt, and is provided directlyunderthe pivot-bolt with a loose collar, cl, having at its upper edge thelaterally-projectingleyes t.

e 6 indicate metallic rods depending from the pivot-bolt c, andextending through the eyes i. These hangers e are usually hooked overbolt 0, and are screw-threaded at their lower parts to receive a nut,1", between which and the eyes t is a coil-spring, s, the resilience ofwhich may be regulated by setting up the said nut. Upon the under sideof the tongue is secured a metallic catch-plate, g, having formed in itin the length of the said tongue at dovetailed groove, j, open at itsfront end andclosed in rear. porting-bar at its front endis a slidingbearin g-plate, 1), usually made in two sections, and having aninterposed rubber disk. These parts are-clamped together by athrough-bolt, n, and the upper section has a dovetail tenon, j, that isreceived in 'the groove j, and confined thereto by a vibrating latch, 0,pivoted to plate 9. By throwing this latch aside the supporting-bar maybe drawn endwise to the front, and when its forked end is released fromthe axle the tongue lowered, with its free end on the ground.

What I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

The sliding supporting-bar for a wagontongue, having the forked rearend, (1, to engage the kingbolt, and sliding front bearing, 12, toengage a catch-plate, g, on the tongue, in combination with the loosecollar d, sus- On the upper side of the sup pended from the pivot-boltof the tongue by hangers e and springs s, substantially as specified. l

In testimony that I claim the above I have hereunto subscribed my namein the presence of two witnesses.

OLIVER HEBERT.

Witnesses A. S. DWYRE, D. M. HAIGHT.

